Engine board

Engine board

EB-260

SiRF Star III GPS module

Introduction

HAICOM SiRF Star IV module ( HI-206 ) is a high sensitivity and verycompact smart antenna module, with built in GPS receiver circuit. This 20-channel global positioning system ( GPS ) receiver is designed for a wide rangeof OEM applications and is based on the fast and deep GPS signal searchcapabilities of SiRFStraIII arcliitecnure , HAICOM HI-206 is designed toallow quick and easy integration into GPS-related applications such as:

PDA. Pocket PC, and other computing devices

Car and Marine Navigation

Fleet Management / Asset Tracking

AVL and Location-Based Services

Hand -Held Device for Personal Positioning and Navigation

Features : Hardware and Software

Based on the high performance features of the SiRF Star IV single chip

Built-in high gain amplifier and bandpass filter

RoHS compliant ( lead- free )

Dimension : 30.5 x 30.3 x 7.95 mm

Hardware compatible with SiRF GSC3f/LPx software

SBAS ( WAAS and EGNOS ) support

Performance :

Cold / Warm / Hot Start Time : 42 / 35 / 1 seconds

Reacquisition Time : 0.1 second

RF Metal Slield for best performance in noisy environments

Multi-path Mitigation Hardware

Interface :

RS232

Protocol : NMEA-0183 / SiRF Binary ( default NMEA )

Baud Rate : default 4800 bps

Dimension :

Specification :

Chipset

SiRF Star III GSC3f / LPx - 7989

Interfaces

RS232

Protocol

NMEA0813 GGA, GSA, GSV, RMC, GLL

Baud Rate

4800, N, 8, 1

Max. Update Rate

1 Hz

Datum

WGS84

Channel

20 channel

Frequency

L1, 1575.42MHz

Hot Start

8 sec. Average

Warm Start

38 sec. Average

Cold Start

48 sec. Average

Reacquisition Tike

100 ms

Position Accuracy

15m 2D RMS, SA off

Macimum Altitude

18,000m

Maximum velocity

515m/s

Voltage

DC 5V

Antenna Type

Built-in active antenna

Dimension

30.5 ( L ) x 30.3 ( W ) x 7.95 ( H ) mm

LED Indicator:

3D Positioning ( blinking ) or Searching GPS ( on )

Envirommental characteristics

Content

Description

Operating temperature range

-20 deg.C + 60 deg.C

Storage temperature rang

-40 deg.C + 60 deg.C

Receiver Sensitivity

Parameter

Description

Tracking Sensitivity

-159 dBm

Acquisition Sensitivity

-142 dBm

Software Interface

The HI-206 receiver's serial data interface supports full duplex communicationbetween the receiver and the user. The default serial supports different serial protocols modes are shown in below.